THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION makes this Order under Articles 51 and 68 of the Education (Jersey) Law 1999 –

“(7)    Where Article 6A (meaning of relevant income of certain dependent students living with a single parent) applies, this Article has effect with the modifications specified in Article 6A(5).”.

“6A   Meaning of relevant income of certain dependent students living with a single parent

(1)     This Article applies where –

(a)     a dependent student lives with a single parent;

(b)     an application for a grant for a course is made, in respect of the student, for an academic year beginning on or after 1st September 2022 (the “grant application year”);

(c)     the student was eligible under Part 2 for consideration for, and had applied for, a grant in respect of that course (whether or not the grant was awarded) –

(i)      in the 2021 academic year, and

(ii)      where the grant application year begins on or after 1st September 2023, in each other academic year beginning on or after 1st September 2022 but preceding the grant application year;

(d)     the Education (Grants and Allowances) (Academic Year 2021-2022) (Jersey) Order 2021 applied for the purposes of determining the relevant income of the dependent student for the 2021 academic year; and

(e)     none of the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of Article 29 have arisen in relation to the student and the course.

(2)     For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) a student “lives with a single parent” if –

(a)     the student lives in their main residence in Jersey with one parent (the “single parent”); and

(b)     no other parent or relevant person also lives in that main residence.

(3)     Two different courses in higher education that would together lead to a single qualification are to be treated, for the purposes of paragraph (1), as if they were the same course.

(4)     Where this Article applies, the relevant income in respect of the dependent student for the grant application year is the single parent’s gross income for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the grant application year begins.

(5)     Article 4 has effect in relation to the dependent student with the following modifications –

(a)     paragraph (2) is disregarded (and paragraph (4) of this Article applies instead);

(b)     paragraphs (3) to (6) have effect as if each reference (however expressed) to a parent, or the parents, of the dependent student were a reference to the single parent.

(6)     In this Article, “2021 academic year” means the academic year beginning on 1st September 2021.”.